Excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt: A Tribute Taken with a summons, by the same post as the other, and had this for a token that the summons was true That his pitcher was broken at the fountain. When he understood it, he called for his friends and told them of it. Then said he, I am going to my fathers, and though with great diffi culty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble Ihave been at to arrive where I am. My swordi give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to he a wit ness for me that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder. When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which as he wenthe said, Death, where h thy sting? And as he went down deep. He said, Grave, where in thy victory? 50 he passed over, and all the trumpet: sounded {ct him on the other side. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.